x68000:installing_games_to_hard_drive
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==== Chapter 3: Writing !Start.bat files ==== | ==== Chapter 3: Writing !Start.bat files ==== | ||
- | Upon booting, the X68000 executes files from config.sys and usually they are with X or SYS extension. | + | Upon booting, the X68000 executes files from config.sys and usually they are with X or SYS extension. |
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+ | * *.X files, | ||
+ | * *.SYS files and some rare *.X files need ADDDRV (Example #4). ADDDRV is very picky and most of the times incompatible. | ||
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**Combining lines from Config.sys and Autoexec.bat** | **Combining lines from Config.sys and Autoexec.bat** | ||
- | Now that we know that most files from config.sys | + | Now that we know that most *.X files from config.sys can be executed as standalone, its time to write them in the beginning of autoexec.bat |
- | Crystal Tower | + | **Crystal Tower** is used to illustrate this example: |
- | Config.sys | + | Original |
< | < | ||
FILES = 15 | FILES = 15 | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. The very important ones and drivers like USKCG.SYS and FLOAT2.X are being set up each time when booting from HDD so most of these can be safely ignored. | + | Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. |
+ | *The mandatory variables | ||
+ | *Drivers are usually | ||
- | autoexec.bat | + | In this example **OPMDRV3.X** and **IOCS.X** are the ones which interest us. First we must check if they can be executed after the system has fully booted. If yes, then there is a good chance that the game can be installed to HDD. |
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+ | Original Autoexec.bat | ||
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echo off | echo off | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | Here we can see another environmental variable called | + | Here we can see another environmental variable called |
+ | *Remove references to **A:\**, **\** or **B:\** if they are present | ||
+ | *Write **OPMDRV3.X** | ||
+ | *Rename autoexec.bat to !Start.bat. | ||
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+ | The resulting !Start.bat should look like this: | ||
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|Image files must be 1261568 bytes long. Sometimes while copying them with DiskExplorer their original size changes to 1263616.| | |Image files must be 1261568 bytes long. Sometimes while copying them with DiskExplorer their original size changes to 1263616.| | ||
- | |Use [[http:// | + | |Use [[http:// |
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